{"id":232297,"date":"2025-12-14T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/232297\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:49:13","slug":"seiko-and-pink-panther-come-out-to-play-with-one-of-the-watches-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/232297\/","title":{"rendered":"Seiko and Pink Panther come out to play with one of the watches of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oris and Miss Piggy are no longer the only pink personalities in town, Seiko has sidled onto the scene with a new slinky, pink piece of wrist action<\/a> in collaboration with everyone\u2019s favourite feline \u2013 the Pink Panther.<\/p>\n

Like the aforementioned porcine princess, this rosy robber has been a cultural icon since the moment he sashayed onto screens. Originally created for the title sequence of the 1963 American comedy<\/a> of the same name, he was apparently so popular that projectionists had to pause the film before the main action to wait for the applause to stop. Since then, the sophisticated panther famous for outwitting anyone who crosses his path, has been turned into a sculpture by Jeff Koons, featured in numerous clothing lines<\/a> from the likes of Bathing Ape, and now he has some serious wrist action to show off courtesy of everyone’s favourite Japanese watchmaker.<\/p>\n

Teaming up with Pink Panther was a no-brainer for Seiko as its 5 Sports launched the same year as the film<\/a>, which saw Peter Sellers\u2019 Inspector Clouseau on the trail of the illusive Phantom, played by David Niven, who is intent on stealing a pink diamond, known as the Pink Panther because of the flaw at its centre that resembles said wildcat leaping.<\/p>\n

The new Seiko 5 38mm doesn\u2019t take its inspiration<\/a> from the live-action caper, but instead from the Oscar-winning 1964 cartoon The Pink Phink. It introduces the character of \u201cLittle Man\u201d, a short moustachioed person who is one of the Panther\u2019s regular antagonists, who tries to paint a house blue but is comedically thwarted by the panther who favours pink. Seiko has incorporated famous moments from the short, as well as the title sequence, into the watch\u2019s design. There is a footprint motif on the dial, and paws are tracked onto the additional<\/a> nylon strap, which also has \u201cwet paint\u201d written on it; a nod to the words the pesky panther writes on the wall. Turn it over and his expressive eyes are seen peeking out and on the crown is an image of a diamond.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat I love about this Seiko Pink Panther is the fact that the brand has such a cult following that very much like anything in the sartorial world something unexpected is just undeniably cool,\u201d says Justin Hast Substacker, photographer and author of a new book on Piaget<\/a>\u2019s Andy Warhol watch when asked why he thinks this watch will hit the horological hot spot, especially in the sub-\u00a3500 category. \u201cAnd for my money we don\u2019t see enough pink in the world of watchmaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photographer and journalist Tim Vaux thinks that this watch\u2019s wily appeal is down to Seiko not taking itself too seriously. \u201cAny time watch brands<\/a> relax their perceptions of themselves and release something purely for the sake of fun is always worthy of fanfare,\u201d he says. \u201cAs an industry that tends to lean towards taking itself very seriously, Seiko\u2019s nostalgic Panther spin is a leading example of playfulness, coming at a time where more and more collectors want something individual and with a story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oris and Miss Piggy are no longer the only pink personalities in town, Seiko has sidled onto the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,19,17,82,7191],"class_list":{"0":"post-232297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-watch"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}